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How popular is “Ely” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ely” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ely” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ely” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ely” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ely” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ely” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ely” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 -100%
1915 25 0.000013643 25 -100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 -100%
1917 24 0.00001196 24 -100%
1918 37 0.000017042 5 32 -73%
1919 20 0.000009478 20 -100%
1920 25 0.000011049 25 -100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 -100%
1922 19 0.0000083 19 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 -100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 -100%
1974 22 0.000007237 22 -100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 -100%
1976 29 0.000009557 29 -100%
1977 31 0.000009759 5 26 -68%
1978 34 0.000010712 34 -100%
1979 34 0.000010219 6 28 -65%
1980 35 0.000010161 35 -100%
1981 39 0.000011274 39 -100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 -100%
1983 38 0.000010972 38 -100%
1984 36 0.000010319 36 -100%
1985 33 0.000009246 33 -100%
1986 39 0.000010964 5 34 -74%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 -100%
1988 33 0.000008931 33 -100%
1989 49 0.000012746 7 42 -71%
1990 53 0.000013409 11 42 -58%
1991 65 0.000016687 8 57 -75%
1992 53 0.000013798 6 47 -77%
1993 55 0.000014588 6 49 -78%
1994 40 0.000010759 7 33 -65%
1995 49 0.00001338 6 43 -76%
1996 43 0.00001179 43 -100%
1997 64 0.000017652 6 58 -81%
1998 62 0.000016856 12 50 -61%
1999 75 0.000020304 13 62 -65%
2000 100 0.000026456 8 92 -84%
2001 99 0.000026447 14 85 -72%
2002 103 0.000027553 15 88 -71%
2003 101 0.000026563 7 94 -86%
2004 160 0.000041875 17 143 -79%
2005 165 0.000042915 13 152 -84%
2006 160 0.000040443 18 142 -77%
2007 164 0.000041024 18 146 -78%
2008 170 0.00004325 17 153 -80%
2009 175 0.000045809 16 159 -82%
2010 158 0.000042752 21 137 -73%
2011 168 0.000045929 18 150 -79%
2012 155 0.00004238 23 132 -70%
2013 142 0.00003895 19 123 -73%
2014 129 0.000034805 25 104 -61%
2015 135 0.000036477 26 109 -61%
2016 120 0.000032709 15 105 -75%
2017 101 0.000028242 28 73 -45%
2018 101 0.000028727 26 75 -49%
2019 98 0.000028234 27 71 -45%
2020 64 0.000019158 16 48 -50%
2021 71 0.000020957 23 48 -35%
2022 69 0.000020395 30 39 -13%
2023 74 0.000022348 28 46 -24%
2024 69 0.00002073 29 40 -16%

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